RF Analog Design Engineer — 18 GHz & Mixed-Signal Expert

Soap Creek Resources; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance incentives

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company contribution

Paid time off

Job summary

Soap Creek Resources is seeking an RF Analog Design Engineer in Huntsville, AL to develop RF/mixed-signal front-end architectures for rugged embedded computing used in defense and aerospace. You will work across analog and RF signal paths, with close collaboration to FPGA, PCB, and software teams to deliver high-performance solutions.

The role spans from concept through production, enabling architecture decisions and thorough testing to ensure signal integrity and low-noise performance in

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience designing complete RF and mixed-signal signal chains.
• End-to-end RF hardware development from architecture to production.
• Strong RF design theory, filtering, impedance matching, noise mitigation.
• Experience selecting high-speed ADCs/DACs from TI/Analog Devices.
• RF circuits operating up to 18 GHz.
• Understanding of FPGA-based processing interfaces.
• Clock generation and power design for mixed-signal RF.
• Lab experience with RF test equipment.
• Collaborative work with PCB layout engineers.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Design RF front-ends and analog signal paths for defense/aerospace hardware.
• Collaborate with FPGA, PCB, embedded software and systems teams.
• Guide architecture decisions across the full lifecycle from concept to production.
• Prototype, test, validate, and move hardware toward production readiness.
• Address signal integrity, EMI and reliability concerns.

Skills

RF circuit design

RF front ends

Schematic capture

PCB layout collaboration

Power supply design

Lab instrumentation

High-speed interfaces

Clock generation

Signal integrity

RFSoC awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Mentor Graphics Xpedition DxDesigner

Xilinx RFSoC awareness

Job description

Soap Creek Resources is seeking an RF Analog Design Engineer in Huntsville, AL to develop RF/mixed-signal front-end architectures for rugged embedded computing used in defense and aerospace. You will work across analog and RF signal paths, with close collaboration to FPGA, PCB, and software teams to deliver high-performance solutions.

The role spans from concept through production, enabling architecture decisions and thorough testing to ensure signal integrity and low-noise performance in